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Title: Catholic church of St. Joseph, Cape Town.
Subject: Kommetjie (Western Cape, South Africa), Religion, Architecture, Historic buildings
Description: On the hillside at Kommetjie a small church with a bell tower. This is the Catholic church of St Joseph, built by a devoted wife in honour of her husband. Guiseppe Rubbi came to South Africa from Italy at the turn of the century as a humble carpenter but struggled on to become one of the foremost builders in Cape Town. The Old Mutual building in Darling Street, which in its day was considered outstanding, was built by him. He owned one of the first four holiday homes in Kommetjie and loved to walk in the mountains behind. He expressed the wish that he could be buried there as the view was reminiscent of his birthplace, Marostica. When he died in 1946, Mrs Rubbi bought the piece of land where he used to sit and admire the view and had a tomb and ventilated vault erected there. She persuaded Bishop O'Reilly to allow her to build a chapel in memory of her husband. In 1948 Mr Garnelli, the nephew who had inherited the family business, built this chapel. No expense was spared. On the ceiling are three paintings in the style of an Italian church, with different marbles imported from the Alps and Vicenza for the altar and the floor. Around the walls are tablets depicting the 14 Stations of the Cross, and a mosaic of the Holy Mother and Child. When the church was completed, Mrs Rubbi arranged for a Salesian father to conduct a service there once a month, except at holiday times, when a priest came each Sunday. With foresight the Catholic Church had brought two adjoining plots and in 1968 when Ocean View township was established, a monastery was built behind the church. From then on, regular services were held in the church. Father Smeets looks after the new church at Ocean View and the local congregation from the kommetjie and Sun Valley areas.
Identifier: islandora:17274

Title: Church entrance, Robben Island, Cape Town
Subject: Western Cape (South Africa), Robben Island (South Africa), Christianity, Religion, Church buildings, Historic sites
Description: Outside Robben Island's more-than-a-century-old church, Mrs C.S. Haugerud, an islander since 1946, said: "I will be sorry to go. It's clean and open - no traffic noises and petrol fumes. I started the Sunday school on the island. I don't know who will take over from me." Mrs Haugerud is in charge of catering in the wardroom of S.A.S Robben Eiland, the training establishment.
Identifier: islandora:16523

Title: Church interior, Robben Island, Cape Town
Subject: Western Cape (South Africa), Robben Island (South Africa), circa 1945, Historic sites, Church buildings, Interior architecture, Leprosy
Description: The little church on Robben Island where once the lepers worshipped has been desecrated by sea birds.
Identifier: islandora:16529

Title: Crossroads Council of Churches Chairman, Cape Town
Subject: Crossroads (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Squatter settlements, Apartheid, Clergy
Description: Bishop Sydney Myilikazi - chairman of Crossroads Council of Churches.
Identifier: islandora:17595

Title: Bellville East Dutch Reformed Church, Cape Town
Subject: Bellville (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Apartheid, Churches, Architecture, Religion, Christianity
Description: Bellville East Dutch Reformed Church.
Identifier: islandora:16778

Title: Dutch Reformed Church, Bellville, Cape Town
Subject: Bellville (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Dutch Reformed Church of South Africa, Apartheid, Architecture, Afrikaners, Religion
Description: Congregation leaving the Bellville Dutch Reformed Church
Identifier: islandora:16812

Title: Church memorial, Robben Island, Cape Town
Subject: Western Cape (South Africa), Robben Island (South Africa), Historic sites, Monuments, Church buildings, Death and remembrance
Description: Robben Island church - memorial. Plaque unveiled. A couple are pictured inspecting the memorial dedicated to those who died in World War 2, Cape Town.
Identifier: islandora:16532

Title: Chairman of Crossroads Council of Churches, Cape Town
Subject: Crossroads (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Squatter settlements, Apartheid
Description: The chairman of the Crossroads Council of Churches, Bishop Sydney Mzilikazi of the Jerusalem Church, addresses a group of predominantly Afrikaans churchmen who visited Crossroads yesterday.
Identifier: islandora:17525

Title: Dutch Reformed Church, Bellville, Cape Town
Subject: Bellville (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Dutch Reformed Church of South Africa, Apartheid, Architecture, Afrikaners, Religion
Description: One of the Dutch Reformed Churches at Bellville, Cape Town
Identifier: islandora:16813

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